NEWSLETTER OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS

ákoueákoueSpring 2012, No. 66

Students look for Greek graffiti at Abu Simbel. The Academic Program took an optional trip to Egypt this spring. See related story on p. 9. Photo M.M. Miles

IN THIS ISSUE: Davis Bids Farewell 2 Wiener Lab Celebrates Twenty Years 3 Managing Commit- tee Appoint­ments 4 Emerson Joins School as Executive Director 4 Neils Becomes Next ManCom Chair 5 Animals in the Agora 7 Egypt Trip 9 Fieldwork at Sounion 10 Affiliated Excavations 11 Schliemann vs. Stamatakis 15 New Wiener Lab Collections 16 INSERT: Niarchos Grant Showcases Gennadeion Treasures G1 “Z” Author Donates Papers G1 Vovolini Donates Papers, Joins Overseers G2 Lecture Series G3 Philoi Activities G4 Davis Bids Farewell

It seems just yesterday that ákoue printed notice of my arrival in Athens and that an interview with me was posted on the School’s web site (www.ascsa.edu.gr), then still new. I was thus reluctant to write a farewell for this issue, not least because the thought of leaving Souidias 54 saddens me. I will miss waking to the chatter of birds in the garden, smelling the wisteria and the ákoue! bitter oranges in bloom, but above all the constant bustle of members and visitors coming and going, thousands each year. Many have become dear friends. I can’t believe how little I knew about ASCSA before assuming my post, or how much I now know about the academic, intellectual, and social communities in Greece in which we play such an impor- tant role. I console myself with the thought that I plan to remain an active member of the School after my term expires on June 30. Shari and I have taken an apartment in Jack Davis and Shari Stocker in Egypt during the School’s March trip. Pylos and plan to continue our work there; she, in fact, will later this year collaborate with the local directorate of antiquities in edu.gr and you will soon discover the rich digging foundations for a new roof over programs and activities that our staff in the Palace of Nestor. In the United States, Athens develop and maintain year-round, we also are both committed to support the even when they are hobbled by the collapse activities of the School in any way that may of the global economy and Greece is fac- seem useful to the Managing Committee ing near-bankruptcy. ASCSA is an extraor- and the Board of Trustees. dinary institution, indeed unique among Any final remarks inákoue might have American research centers abroad. It is our offered me a good opportunity to reflect staff that makes it so, and I am proud that AMERICAN SCHOOL OF on what has been accomplished in Athens I have had the opportunity to lead them as CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS over the past five years, but, to be honest, I director; I will miss them dearly, each and 54 Souidias Street, GR-106 76 Athens, Greece don’t even know where to begin. So much every one. Finally, I want to express my 6–8 Charlton Street, Princeton, NJ 08540-5232 has happened, so much has changed, so sincerest appreciation to my wife, Sharon ákoue, the newsletter of the ASCSA much has stayed the same. What I want to Stocker. I am extremely grateful to Shari for Spring 2012 No. 66 do instead is to encourage you to look at her support, without which I could never have been successful in serving the School Executive Editor what ASCSA is today — especially if you Mary Emerson have not recently spent a year with us in in the manner in which I wanted. Athens. Take only an hour to cruise the Editor News Archive and Events Archive at ascsa. — Jack L. Davis, Director, ASCSA Sally Fay Design & Production Mary Jane Gavenda ákoue is published semiannually by the ASCSA under the inspiration of Doreen C. Spitzer. Please address all correspondence and inquiries to the Newsletter­­­ Editor, ASCSA U.S. Office, 6–8 Charlton Street, Princeton, NJ 08540-5232. Tel: (609) 683- 0800; Fax: (609) 924-0578; E-mail: ascsa@ ascsa.org; Website: www.ascsa.edu.gr.

ÁKOUE IN COLOR ON THE WEB. See this issue in color on the School’s website at: http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/ index.php/publications/Akoue/. Jack’s sense of humor will be missed at the School. Photo: C. Marconi

2 Wiener Laboratory Celebrates 20 Years, Announces New Facility

Happy Anniversary! June 2, 2012 marks 20 years since the Wiener Laboratory opened its cabinets of reference collections, fired up the fume hood, and set out on its never- ending mission to fill in the blanks in the archaeological record through science- based archaeology. In its two decades, the Wiener Labo- ratory has facilitated the independent re- search of over 100 scholars representing more than a dozen countries. Its educa- tional mission has recently expanded to include more involvement with the Regular Member curriculum, and its strong sense of community and collaboration has earned it a reputation among scientists for a wel- coming environment that encourages open discussions and the sharing of ideas across research methodologies. But 20 years of accumulation of com- parative collections and journals, and in- Eleanna Prevedorou studies her “old fellows” in the confines of the current main lab creasing utilization by scientists, has left space. A new Wiener Laboratory facility, which will greatly expand research and study space, is in the planning stages. Photo: E. DeForest little elbow room in the main lab space and little to no storage space for future mate- rials. Oolithic limestone samples from a “Storage is not just piling stuff up,” says School. Three months after new members quarry near Ancient Corinth, Pentelic Eleanna Prevedorou, surrounded for the toured the laboratory and learned of the marble, and animal bones from Nichoria moment by about 230 people who were ongoing research, including Prevedorou’s, have been relegated to a shipping container buried 5,000 years ago near Marathon she traveled with them on their annual trip in the School’s gardens. This season in the and who are now stacked floor to ceiling to Marathon and Tsepi and contextualized main lab, the preparation of Research As- in boxes in a storage room beside the lab. the “old fellows” at their burial site itself. sociate China Shelton’s reference collec- Her research on Bronze Age burial prac- And last fall the lab initiated a seminar se- tion of seeds blended across the table to tices involved the repatriation from Vi- ries for students in the Regular Program Eleni Nodarou’s Cretan petrography work, enna of some of the remains from Tsepi, (see related article, p. 17). while behind them human bones took up necessitating international permissions and This conscientious interaction among the length of one of the three tables as two underscoring the importance of adequate lab and literary researchers at the School researchers discussed whether they were lab facilities. The space, she adds, must be is helping to create new generations of looking at a right or left hand. The smell climate-controlled, secure, and designed archaeologists who are more willing to of coffee mingled with that of pork as Flint to careful specifications that respect inter- explore beyond their own traditional re- Dibble, a Regular Member at the School, national requirements for the curation of search methodologies to better inform the converted the students’ fall barbecue cen- archaeological material. world’s understanding of past cultures. This terpiece into a reference skeleton in the wet The new facility will provide scholars collaboration, still a sensitive subject for lab around the corner. with separate spaces for quiet study and many in the field, is slowly becoming more It’s time for more space for more science. reading, group discussion and consulta- normative. The Wiener Laboratory is excited to an- tions, strewing, collection preparation, and Susan Kirkpatrick Smith of Kennesaw nounce plans to build a freestanding facility lunch, all of which currently occur in the State University was the first J. Lawrence below the Blegen Library, expanding its re- approximately 50 square meters of the lab’s Angel Fellow in 1992. She recalls that in search and study space from approximately main room. starting her career, she didn’t realize how 160 square meters in a basement to 1,000 More space “means that you can do much of a divide existed between classi- square meters on three floors. Architectural more in terms of conservation of the ma- cal archaeologists and anthropologists. plans for the new facility, currently being terial, cleaning, and preparation and cu- It wasn’t just that they didn’t know what finalized, include multiple lab spaces for ration of the material,” Prevedorou says. one another did, she recalls, but that some- materials that require sterile conditions, “Human bones do take a lot of space, but times, scholars studying the same time chemicals, x-ray, or microscope work; a think of all the interesting stuff that they periods or concepts didn’t even care how kitchen; seminar space to accommodate can tell us. So we can excuse the old fellows other methodologies addressed the same larger groups such as School workshops or if you consider how much information we questions. lecture audiences; strewing space for ana- get from them.” “One of the things that happened was, lyzing large collections; and a full library The Wiener Laboratory has of late because the lab was new that year, the and reading room. Scholars also look for- considerably increased its efforts to share people that were at the school when I was ward to additional storage space. such information with the members of the continued on page 17

3 Managing Committee Announces New Appointments

At the annual January meeting of the Man- Walsh (Assistant Professor of Art), as the as the voting representatives for Wesleyan aging Committee, held January 6 in Phila- voting representative for Chapman Uni- University; Brendan Foley (Research As- delphia, the Executive Committee present- versity, a new cooperating institution; Jane sociate), as the voting representative for ed its recommendation for the appointment Francis (Associate Professor of Classics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; of Jenifer Neils (Case Western Reserve Uni- Modern Languages and Linguistics) and Josephine Shaya (Assistant Professor and versity) and Barbara Tsakirgis (Vanderbilt George Harrison (Scholar-in-Residence in Chair of Classical Studies) and Monica University) as, respectively, Chair and Vice Classics, Modern Languages and Linguis- Florence (Assistant Professor of Classical Chair of the Managing Committee, to serve tics), as voting representatives for Con- continued on page 9 a four-year term beginning on June 1 (see cordia University; Mary Depew (Associate related article, p. 5). Also presented was the Professor of Classics) and Brenda Longfel- Executive Committee’s recommendation low (Associate Professor of Art and Art His- for the reappointment of Karen Bohrer as tory), to again be the voting representatives Head Librarian of the Blegen Library for a for the University of Iowa, a newly rejoined five-year term beginning July 1, 2013. This cooperating institution (following the end- recommendation was subsequently ratified ing of their consortial agreement with the by a formal vote of the membership. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign); appointment of an Assistant Director to Geoffrey Bakewell (Professor of Greek and the twelve-month administrative position Roman Studies), as the second voting rep- authorized by the ASCSA Board of Trustees resentative for Rhodes College; Harvey for a three-year term beginning July 1, is Yunis (Professor of Classics), replacing still in progress. Caroline Quenemoen as the voting repre- Also at the January meeting, the Manag- sentative for Rice University; Kate Birney ing Committee approved the addition of (Assistant Professor of Classics) and Eirene the following representatives: Justin St.P. Visvardi (Assistant Professor of Classics), Photo: M. Bodycomb Mary Emerson Thank You (But Not Goodbye) to Joins School’s Mary Sturgeon Princeton Staff Has it been five years? Ask Mary S., and its many employees on both sides of the she may tell you it felt like a lifetime. This Atlantic. Mary’s chairmanship also saw the Mary Emerson has recently been ap- spring Mary Sturgeon will be stepping implementation of a large fundraising cam- pointed Executive Director of the down as Chair of the Managing Commit- paign and planning for major renovations American School of Classical Studies tee, a post she has held since 2007. We of the School properties. We will continue at Athens, based in the U.S. office in made sure to use last initials to distinguish to reap the benefit of her hard work as Princeton, NJ. She succeeds Irene Bald between the two Marys who help to keep these initiatives come to fruition. On more Romano, who left the School in Feb- the School engines running: Mary Stur- mundane matters, Mary also oversaw the ruary for a prestigious position at the geon and Mary Darlington. During her revision or creation of Mission, Vision, and University of Arizona. five years as Chair, Mary brought her long Philosophy statements for the School and Ms. Emerson, who joined the School and diverse personal experience with the an updating to the Managing Committee on March 5, has most recently been the School to every issue. First as a student Regulations to reflect current practice. It is Associate Director of Development at and now as an expert scholar, Mary views always good to remind ourselves what it is the Frick Collection in New York. She the School as many of us do, as a second we are doing and why. To these tasks and has previously been the Executive Di- family and home away from home. Her many more, Mary brought a deep knowl- rector of the American Friends of Win- service as Chair allowed her to give back edge of the School, compassion, and wit. chester College in England and has held to the School for the many opportunities it The latter certainly made five-hour Execu- positions at the Bruce Museum of Arts afforded her throughout her career. We are tive Committee meetings more tolerable. and Sciences in Greenwich, Connecti- all thankful for her dedication, willingness While we say farewell to Chairperson cut; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; to serve, and wisdom, which comes from Sturgeon, this is not goodbye to Professor and the Hewitt School in New York. this long association with the School. Sturgeon. Perhaps, finally, Mary can devote She holds an A.B. degree in Classics, Mary led the Managing Committee dur- herself fully to her own research, which, of cum laude, from Harvard University and ing a fiscally challenging time, but the good course, means we will see her in Athens has pursued graduate studies in ancient news is the School is still standing, and our and Corinth. But first, Mary deserves a real art and archaeology at the Institute of programs are flourishing. We especially ap- vacation: one without e-mail or conference Fine Arts at New York University. She preciate the work Mary has done in guiding calls! e attended an ASCSA Summer Session as the School towards what we hope will be a an undergraduate, and has excavated at firm financial future. She has done so with — Kathleen Lynch Halieis and Metapontum. great sensitivity to the School’s mission and Secretary of the Managing Committee

4 Neils Begins Tenure as Managing Blegen Library News Committee Chair Making space Jenifer Neils, the Ruth Coulter Heede Pro- ductive scholar.” Ms. Neils has previously This spring, the Blegen Library undertakes fessor of Art History and Classics at Case served on several Managing Committee the huge project of moving some of its col- Western Reserve University, has been elect- committees. lection—now comprising almost 100,000 ed to a four-year term as Chair of the Man- An alumna of Bryn Mawr College, where volumes—into compact shelving units aging Committee of the American School she majored in Classical and Near Eastern that have been installed in half of the sub- of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA), Archaeology, Ms. Neils earned an M.A. in basement reading room. Library staff have beginning June 2012. archaeology from Sydney University and a been preparing for the move for months, Ms. Neils, whose research focuses on the Ph.D. from Princeton. She served as chair measuring, taking inventories, and relo- art and archaeology of Greece and ancient of the Art Department at Case Western cating some materials already in the base- Athens in particular, has had a long asso- from 1986 to 1998, and is a trustee of the ment. They’ve been assisted by the School’s ciation with the American School. She first Cleveland Archaeological Society. For four maintenance staff and by a contingent of attended its Summer Session in 1970, and years (2007–11) she was the Vice-president volunteers from the College Year in Athens directed the Summer Session in 1994. In for Publications of the Archaeological Insti- program. 1989 she was the Whitehead Visiting Pro- tute of America. This year she has traveled Head Librarian Karen Bohrer expects fessor at the School, and in 2009 she held widely across the United States as the Mar- the project to continue into the summer an NEH grant under its auspices. She has tha Sharpe Joukowsky Lecturer of the AIA. because after volumes are moved into the participated in archaeological excavations Serving as Ms. Neils’ vice chair is Bar- compact shelving, the collection in the in northern Greece and has written exten- bara Tsakirgis, chair of Vanderbilt Univer- rest of the building will be shifted into sively on the Parthenon and its sculptures. sity’s Department of Classical Studies. Ms. the emptied shelves. “We finally ran out Two major international exhibitions Tsakirgis brings to the position extensive of space for our ever-growing collection,” on Greek art were organized by Ms. Neils: experience on Managing Committee com- she explained, “so the compact shelving Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival mittees, having served on and chaired is a practical and timely solution. We’re in Ancient Athens (1992) and, with John several standing committees and having transferring older volumes of journals Oakley, Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: served two terms on the Executive Com- there, many of which are available in digi- Images of Childhood from the Classical Past mittee. She has also been appointed to a tal format already. In any case, we are very (2003). She has recently published two number of ad hoc committees, including fortunate not to have to resort to off-site books for the British Museum: The Brit- the Master Planning Committee of the storage like so many research libraries have ish Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Trustees. Ms. Tsakirgis was a Whitehead had to do. Library users will have to be- Greece (2008) and Women in the Ancient Visiting Professor at the School in 1996–97 come used to the new arrangement of the World (2011). and is publishing material from the Agora collection throughout the Blegen Library, The selection committee noted her qual­ Excavations, where she has conducted but that will also be an opportunity to dis- ifications for the position: “Those we con- study seasons since 1993. She is a gradu- cover its amazing resources anew.” sulted know her as a very capable, deft and ate of Yale University (B.A., Classics) and experienced administrator, well acquainted holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton with the School’s administration and a pro- University. e Continuing collaboration among the libraries The Blegen Library and the Gennadius Library recently collaborated on a project funded by the Stavros Niarchos Founda- tion to catalog the journal holdings of both libraries into the online catalog, AMBRO- SIA. Now, the Wiener Laboratory’s journals are being added, albeit without the help of grant funding. Blegen Library staff are working with Wiener Laboratory staff so that the complete journal holdings of the Lab will be included in the online cata- log. The Lab’s monographs are also being added to AMBROSIA and Blegen librar- ians will continue to be responsible for the cataloging and the technical aspects of maintaining the Wiener Lab library. Wie- ner Laboratory Director Sherry Fox com- mented that she “is greatly appreciative of Jenifer Neils teaching during 2011 Summer Session in the Parthenon Gallery of the the expertise and assistance from Blegen Acropolis Museum. Photo: M. Munn continued on page 10

5 Publications News

Three other monographs are currently in parent company, Casemate Publishing. production: Late Classical Pottery from An- eBooks will be priced at 50% of the retail cient Corinth: Drain 1971-1 in the Forum value of the print editions. Print+electronic Southwest (Corinth VII.6), by Ian McPhee bundles will also be available for 20% more and Elizabeth Pemberton; The Architecture, than the print edition. News of eBook avail- Settlements, and Stratigraphy of Lerna IV ability will be posted online soon. (Lerna VI), by Elizabeth Banks; and Hunt- Out-of-print ASCSA titles will soon be ers, Heroes, Kings: The Frieze of Tomb II at revived via print-on-demand (POD). The Vergina (Ancient Art and Architecture in Con- ASCSA will begin offering a small selection text 3), by Hallie Franks. of frequently requested OP books and then expand into its backlist. We will also begin ddd producing POD collections of themed ar- ticles from Hesperia (e.g., articles reporting on work from a single site or time period, The ASCSA published seven monographs or relating to a broader theme, such as the in 2011. If your library had a standing order archaeology of democracy). Books and with the David Brown Book Company for collections available via POD will ASCSA titles, your institution would have Hesperia have a “Buy POD” link on their respective received these new books in one or more homepages on the ASCSA website. ASCSA series automatically and at a 20% Author Joseph Rife In anticipation of making POD titles discount. Ask your librarian if your insti- available, the Publications Office kindly re- tution already receives new ASCSA books quests your input on which of its OP books We begin 2012 with a new monograph. Jo- via services such as EBSCO or Yankee Book are made available first. We will start with seph Rife’s The Roman and Byzantine Graves Peddler. If not, consider placing a stand- five titles in 2012. E-mail your suggestions and Human Remains (Isthmia IX) is at press ing order for one or more (or all) ASCSA to Andrew Reinhard, Director of Publica- as of this writing and will be available for monograph series directly with the David tions, at [email protected]. purchase in print and as an eBook (or as Brown Book Company at 800-791-9354 a print/electronic bundle) later this sum- (tel.) or 860-945-9468 (fax), or by writing mer. Rife’s is the first Isthmia volume to be to [email protected]. Individuals ddd published since 1999. The material covered can also benefit from personal standing provides important evidence for both death orders at a 20% discount. Hesperia editor Tracey Cullen has returned and life in the Greek countryside during from her six-month research leave and is the Late Roman and Early Byzantine tran- back at the helm of the journal. The Publi- sitional era. Examination of burial within ddd cations Office warmly welcomed her (and the local settlement, comparative study of dog, Hector) back in January, and bid a mortuary behavior, and analysis of skel- Histories of Peirene: A Corinthian Fountain fond and heartfelt farewell to interim editor etal morphology, ancient demography, oral in Three Millennia (Ancient Art and Architec- Mark Landon, who lived up to his prom- health, and paleopathology all contribute ture in Context 2), by Betsey Robinson, was ise of “not driving Hesperia into a ditch” to a picture of the rural Corinthians dur- awarded the PROSE Award from the Pro- during his two-issue tenure. The ASCSA ing this period as resilient and innovative. fessional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) thanks Mark for his service and his out- division of the Association of American standing work on the journal. Publishers. The award recognized Histories Hesperia entered its 81st year with arti- of Peirene as the best book in the category cles on feasting and the king at Mycenaean of archaeology and anthropology for 2011. Pylos, by Dimitri Nakassis; the reconstruc- This is the first ASCSA monograph to win tion of a monumental Archaic roof for the this honor since 2004 (The Propylaia to the Temple of Hera at Mon Repos, Corfu, by Athenian Akropolis II: The Classical Build- Philip Sapirstein; the urban scheme of ing, by William Dinsmoor and William Plataiai in Boiotia (a report on a recent Dinsmoor Jr., edited by Anastasia Dins- geophysical survey), by Andreas Konecny moor). Hesperia won the award for best and colleagues; and distinctive journal design in print in 2007. chlamydatus portraits from Late Antique Corinth and their implications for our understanding of ddd public life, by Amelia Brown. The articles on Mon Repos and Plataiai both include eBooks of new and recent ASCSA titles will spectacular color images. Designer Mary Jane Gavenda, Editor soon be available for purchase online in Timothy Wardell, and Publications Director Andrew Reinhard with their both PDF and EPub formats from our dis- — Andrew Reinhard PROSE award for Histories of Peirene. tributor, the David Brown Book Company; Director of Publications its UK counterpart, Oxbow Books; and their

6 Animals in the Agora: 9,000 Years of Evidence

Michael MacKinnon (University of Winnipeg), Malcolm H. Wiener Visiting Research Professor at the School in 2010–11, reports here on what we can learn from the animal remains uncovered in eight decades of excavations in the Athenian Agora. His detailed report on the zoo- archaeological remains from the Agora has been submitted to Hesperia.

Using zooarchaeological materials to assess ing animal market in Athens at this time. much more domestic fowl bones than ear- the role of animals in the cultural life of Animal bones from the Classical period lier times. Athens across the range of temporal phases are plentiful, accounting for over 25% of Byzantine, Turkish, and Ottoman assem- represented at the Athenian Agora (from the total amount assessed in this report. blages of animal bones from the Athenian the Neolithic period until modern times) The bulk derives from infill deposits in Agora come principally from excavations of formed the basis of my research during the various wells. Representation of livestock wells and surfaces associated with houses 2010–11 academic year. I am extremely taxa for this period remains relatively simi- and dwellings from these time frames. The grateful to the individuals and agencies lar to Late Archaic times; wild animals are frequency of pigs declines into this period. who funded and facilitated this project. insignificant. Deposits are variable, with a Sheep and goats dominate, with goats in- Summarized here are several key find- range of activities noted, including horn creasingly more common, indicative of ings and general patterns regarding the and hide processing, slaughter and butch- enhanced pastoral operations. contribution of the principal domestic taxa ery, food preparation, and bone-working. In sum, evidence from the Athenian to the diet and economy of Athens across Hellenistic times display many of the Agora supports the hypothesis that spe- the ages. Overall, I catalogued more than same patterns as noted in the Classical peri- cialized husbandry and dietary schemes 27,000 bones and bone fragments (over od. Sheep and goats continue to dominate; focusing on domestic sheep, goats, and 365 kg of material) in my analysis. age parameters accord with generalized cattle began in Neolithic times, with some Materials from Neolithic contexts at exploitation for meat, milk, and wool. An hunted game in that phase as well. Subse- the Athenian Agora derive chiefly from apparent trend for goats over sheep, which quent periods build upon this, culminating fills in wells along the northwest slope of was growing in Classical times, continues in extensive deposits of butchery, horn and the Acropolis. Domesticates (sheep, goats, during the Hellenistic period, perhaps fur- bone processing, and dietary waste within cattle, pigs) comprise 95% of this sample. ther indication of landscape degradation. Classical levels. Patterns shift with Roman The system is largely reminiscent of small- Many Roman and Late Antique faunal and Late Antique influence to slightly aug- scale, mixed farming strategies that typi- deposits from excavations in the Agora are mented pork consumption and even more cally characterize most Neolithic faunal skewed by assemblages related to bone- systematic butchery patterns, before shift- assemblages from Greece. Moving from the working debris. Adjusted figures for Ro- ing back again to higher frequencies of goat Neolithic to the Bronze Age, zooarchaeo- man and Late Antique contexts show an pastoralism during Byzantine times, likely logical patterns remain fairly similar. elevated frequency of pigs, while Late An- in response to changing cultural and envi- Available data for the Mycenaean period tique and Early Byzantine contexts record ronmental conditions. e show a pattern that indicates a concentra- tion on meat production. That cattle are now only represented by adults perhaps signifies less reliance on them for meat Stoa of Attalos Prepares for Reopening and, instead, use for plough and traction The eagerly awaited public purposes. Similar hints of traction oxen are reopening of the Agora’s first noted across other archaeological sites in floor of the Stoa of Attalos is Greece during this period as well. expected to take place mid- In moving from Mycenaean to Geo- 2012. The project, “Reviving metric times, available faunal data suggest the Ancient Agora: The Cradle some increase in the scale and intensity of of Democracy” was undertaken pastoral operations in Athens and Attica, by ASCSA and the Ministry of with a larger concentration on sheep and Culture with 50% funding by goat herding. Moreover, a sharp decline the European Economic Area in the frequency of wild animals suggests (EEA), another 50% by the Hel- landscape change, possibly episodes of lenic Ministry of Development, drought and environmental degradation. Competitiveness and Shipping, Abundant faunal evidence exists for the and additional support by the Late Archaic phase, most of which relates to Agora staff Jan Jordan and Pia Kvarstrom organize the notebooks to scan under the EEA Project. Delmas Foundation. The Upper debris thrown into wells during the Persian Colonnade exhibition is being invasion of Athens in 480/479 B.C. Among reorganized to display 56 sculptures, some of which are presented for the first time, the catalogued material, sheep and goats are and includes a significant collection of portraits of the Roman period. Another com- exploited for both primary and secondary ponent to the project has been the digitization and annotation of nearly all of the resources, pigs for meat, and cattle chiefly archaeological records. Soon, photographs, architectural drawings, notebooks and as traction and plough animals. Neverthe- other material related to the excavations will be freely accessible to scholars, students less, the presence of younger animals across and the general public via www.agathe.gr with 3D presentations of selected objects. all livestock taxa suggests a fairly burgeon-

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Academic Program members on

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People & Places People to Eleutherai in March. Photo: M.M. Miles

Managing Committee Chair Mary C. A March lecture and reception in Washington, D.C., sponsored Sturgeon (right) presented outgoing School by the ASCSA and the Society for the Preservation of the Greek Administrative Director Irene Bald Romano Heritage, featured ASCSA Trustee Emeritus and Gennadius Library with a thank-you gift on behalf of the com- Overseer Edward E. Cohen, who gave a talk entitled “Financial mittee at the January Managing Commit- Crisis! Economic Lessons from Ancient Athens.” About 100 people tee meeting in Philadelphia. Irene left the attended the event, which was presented under the auspices of the School in February to become Deputy Embassy of Greece. Director of the Arizona State Museum and a faculty member at the In January, School Director Jack University of Arizona Davis (right) accepted for the in anthropology and ASCSA an award (an engraved art history. flouri) “For Excellence in Edu- Photo: P. Panos cation” presented by Theodoros Pangalos, Vice-President of Greece. Mr. Pangalos presented the award on behalf of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, at the chamber’s annual New Year’s Reception on the occasion of its 80th anniver- sary (1932–2012). The ASCSA was one of four institutions so honored and stood with the American Farm School, Ful- bright Foundation, and Corallia Hellenic Technology Clusters Initiative. It was a proud moment for the School, with the U.S. Ambassador and Cultural Attache and hundreds of prominent businesspeople in attendance.

8 To Egypt!

After the ASCSA’s Open Meeting in March, traditionally the School has Optional Trips outside Greece; this year, one destination was Egypt, perhaps the first official School trip there. Our group of 31 students, profes- sors, spouses, and children landed in Cairo and took a second flight to Luxor, where we boarded the TUYA (named for the Queen Mother of Ramses II), our home for the next five days as we explored Thebes, the Karnak and Luxor temples, the Valleys of the Kings and Queens, and the Colossi of Memnon. The size of the columns at Kar- nak, the statuary, and the colorful reliefs impressed everyone—now we’ve experi- enced first-hand the inspiration for colossal statues and monumentality here in Greece! We were able to see briefly ongoing excavations that included unusual finds, such as a large sphinx with a crocodile’s tail. At Karnak, we visited the conservation efforts in the Temple of Khonsu led by a School Members Sara Franck and Leigh Lieberman inspect Hatshepsut’s fallen obelisk. team from the American Research Center Photo: M.M. Miles in Egypt (ARCE). We walked by amazing block-fields, and as one member com- mented, here everything is inscribed; you saw the last known hieroglyphic inscrip- armor. Pompey’s Pillar (actually set up for don’t have to look for inscriptions. Some tion, carved in 394 A.C. All were dazzled Diocletian) was a surprise in its scale, an members had organized a study group for by Abu Simbel, the southernmost point of extraordinary monolith of Aswan granite, hieroglyphs well ahead of the trip, and they our trip. We had a report on the graffiti left and also remarkable were the remains of were able to decipher admirably as we went by Greek mercenaries (hired in 591 B.C.) the surrounding Serapeum, complete with from site to site. on the left leg of Ramses II, and there we a nilometer. Everyone had prepared a short report could read them in person, as well as see Our last site of the trip was Cavafy’s (this was a School trip!), and we heard from the spectacular interiors of the two temples. house! On Cavafy Street near the center all participants, sometimes on site and at We flew to Cairo for visits to the Pyra- of the city, the apartment has Cavafy’s fur- times on the upper deck of the boat, over mids, the Solar Boat, and the Sphinx, and niture and a splendid display of his books tea, while slowly cruising past palm trees most of us could not resist a camel ride. of poetry in many different languages. We and grazing water buffalo. The Nile banks A day trip took us to Dashur, Memphis, were able to converse in Greek with two south of Luxor gave the impression we and Saqqara, where we got good views of people working there, and this made us might have seen these same scenes 5,000 the desert and saw wonderful carved tomb- a bit homesick for Greece. It was a fabu- years ago. At the Temple of Horus at Edfu, reliefs that showed daily life on the Nile, lous and eye-opening trip! Yet we were all we relished seeing an early inscribed “card replete with pigs, cattle, fish, hippopotami, pleased to see our regular bus driver Spiro catalog,” a list of sacred books inside the and crocodiles. At Djoser’s complex we waiting for us in the Athens airport. Ptolemaic temple. The Ptolemaic impact could appreciate the very beginnings of was also evident at Kom Ombo, where we monumental stone architecture, and the — Margaret M. Miles, Andrew W. saw an inscribed 365-day calendar and sev- extensive use of plants as symbolic forms. Mellon Professor of Classical Studies eral generations of Ptolemies (and the Ro- In Cairo we were hosted at a reception for man emperor Trajan) depicted hieratically us by Director of ARCE Gerry Scott at their ManCom Appointments in Egyptian mode, as well as a brand-new headquarters near Tahir Square. There we continued from page 4 Crocodile Museum. enjoyed meeting current fellows and staff, In Aswan we sailed around Elephantine and saw their library; several of the group Studies), as the voting representatives for Island in a felucca, seeing hieroglyphic in- would like to return for a longer stay. the College of Wooster; David Gilman Ro- scriptions and a nilometer on the way, and Finally our trip culminated in a visit to mano (Karabots Professor of Greek Archae- we visited the Unfinished Obelisk in a gran- Alexandria. We had a tour of the new Li- ology, School of Anthropology), as the sec- ite quarry. From Aswan we motored in a brary, with a beautiful reading room and a ond voting representative for the University small boat to the Temple of Isis at Philae, series of small museums inside. We visited of Arizona; and Jeremy Hartnett (Associate the final outpost of adherents of traditional the fortress built on top of the Pharos and Professor of Classics) and Matthew Sears ancient religion. The temple complex had the Roman catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, (Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics), been moved to save it from being submerged where there Egyptian imagery was used in as the voting representatives for Wabash by the creation of Lake Nasser. There we Roman guise: we saw Anubis in Roman College. e

9 Fieldwork at Sounion

The white marble Temple of Poseidon this plan, one that would be chosen often for Advanced Spatial Technologies at the at Sounion is one of the more famous in by architects in the later fifth century B.C. University of Arkansas in scanning our Greece, thanks to Lord Byron’s poetry and We agree with the date (ca. 490 B.C.) blocks and the foundations of the temple. a steady stream of enthusiastic visitors. first posited by Dörpfeld. It seems very We were assisted also by Laura Tapini of Less known is its Archaic limestone pre- likely that the Archaic temple was begun Diadrasis, a center in Greece that is provid- decessor, initially noticed by W. Dörpfeld soon after the Battle of Marathon but was ing scanning instruction and new computer in 1883 and uncovered further by B. Staïs destroyed while still under scaffolding techniques for archaeological fieldwork. at the turn of the twentieth century. Be- during the subsequent invasion of Attica The laser scanning permits 3-D imaging cause it has been little known and poorly by the Persians in 480/479 B.C. Then its that is highly accurate and very helpful for understood, we thought it would be worth- blocks and foundations were reused and our reconstructions. while to investigate further. After receiv- incorporated into its marble successor. A ing permission for the fieldwork, we were few blocks, including two Doric capitals, — Jessica Paga (Princeton University), able to measure and draw some 90 blocks were taken across the low valley behind 2009–10 Bert Hodge Hill Fellow, 2010–11 of the superstructure, most of them built the Sanctuary of Poseidon to the terrace Gorham Phillips Stevens Fellow, and into a terrace that surrounds the Classical of the Temple of Athena Sounias, where Margaret M. Miles, Andrew W. Mellon marble temple. We made multiple trips out they were reused as supports for something Professor of Classical Studies to Sounion from Athens, dodged tourists cylindrical, perhaps flags or wooden posts. around the temple, and were able to carry The Archaic Temple of Poseidon attests out the fieldwork in good summer weather, to the high respect of the Athenians for Blegen Library News although it was often quite windy. Poseidon; perhaps they were grateful that continued from page 5 We found that the platform of the fa- when the Persians sailed from Marathon mous marble temple was constructed like to Phaleron, they did not actually attempt Library staff. In keeping with the American an outer skin around the foundations and another invasion, but crossed the sea by School tradition of excellent libraries, the steps of the Archaic limestone temple, after Sounion to head home. This temple was the Wiener Laboratory possesses one of the the builders removed the columns and en- first peripteral temple to be built in Attica, best archaeological science libraries for tablature of the older temple and trimmed outside the city center of Athens. the eastern Mediterranean.” back the steps. The marble temple has the This past summer, with the permission same plan as its predecessor (6 × 13 col- of Ephor Eleni Banou, we undertook laser umns) and very close dimensions. The Ar- scanning at Sounion. We were fortunate to Keeping up to date chaic temple was among the earliest to have have the help of Katie Simon of the Center In February, Cataloging Librarian Eleni Sourligka attended a workshop at the Uni- versity of Patras that covered new catalog- ing standards (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records, Resource De- scription and Access) and linked open data. Collection Development Librarian Jeremy Ott and Head Librarian Karen Bohrer heard two presentations on e-books and libraries from American and German perspectives. The presentations were given at the Na- tional Library of Greece under the auspices of the Committee for the Support of Librar- ies. Jeremy and Karen, together with the Gennadius Library’s Senior Librarian Irini Solomonidi, represented the ASCSA at a meeting of the librarians of both the foreign archaeological schools and Greek institu- tions held at the German Archaeological In- stitute (DAI) in Athens in April. The group intends to continue to meet periodically to exchange ideas. Also in April, Karen at- tended the Fiesole Collection Development Retreat held at the European University In- stitute. The retreat, which brought together research librarians, publishers, and infor- Katie Simon and Laura Tapini work on scanning the blocks of the Archaic temple mation industry representatives, addressed at Sounion. Photo: M.M. Miles the topic of “Advancing Global Scholarship in STM and the Humanities.” e

10 s p r i n g e 2 0 1 2 GennadeionGennadeion NewsNews A special insert to the newsletter of the american school of classical studies at athens

Niarchos Grant to Showcase Gennadeion Treasures

he Niarchos Foundation The islands of Lesbos and awarded the Gennadius Tenedos in the manuscript Library a new grant to T isolario by C. Buondelmonti. create online presentations of thirty of its most iconic hold- ings. Among these treasures are a historical commentary. Three manuscript isolario by Cristoforo separate large touch-screen Buondelmonti of c. 1420, the computers will be available paintings illustrating General for browsing. The software to Makrygiannis’s Memoirs, the be used is the award-winning great Charta of Greece of Rigas Turning-the-Pages developed for Pheraios, and Rumpf’s collection the British Library and the effort of costume drawings. will be completed in June 2013. The digitized materials will Historian Anna Tsokani is work- be presented as books that can ing on the documentation of the be browsed online along with materials. e

FROM THE ARCHIVES and proofs with corrections by was Marie de Brumes in 1982, the author; translations; news- “a true tour de force,” in Elytis’s “Z” Author Donates Papers paper clippings about the work own words. and life of the author; personal In addition to extensive cor- hanks to the initiative and been deposited at the Vovolinis photographs (about 3,000); and respondence between Elytis and encouragement of newly Archives in 2003. audiovisual material. Bordes (1981–1995), the collec- elected Gennadius Li- Born in Kavala in 1935, nov- The American School is most tion also contains photographs T thankful to Vasilis Vasilikos for of Elytis, audiotapes, and some brary Board Member Alexandra elist Vasilis Vasilikos gained in- e Vovolini, author Vasilis Vasilikos ternational fame when his novel his generous gift. press clippings. donated his personal papers to “Z” became a successful film in the Archives of the Gennadius 1969, directed by Costas Gavras. ddd Library. The Vasilikos papers had “Z” was also translated into 32 Xavier Bordes Papers languages. Vasilikos has written Acquired more than 90 books (novels, short stories, theater) and also Xavier Bordes, French poet and served as Greece’s Ambassador translator, made an important to UNESCO (1996–2004). His gift to the Archives of the Genna- early papers have been deposited dius Library in December 2011. at the Mugar Library of Boston In 1979 Bordes undertook the University. translation of Odysseus Elytis’s The Vasilikos Papers at the poetry in collaboration with R. Gennadius Library contain Longueville. Educated in music correspondence (about 2,000 and classics, Bordes had a career incoming letters from such as a teacher and literary critic. important figures as Mikis The- He also collaborated with Gal- odorakis, Manos Hatzidakis, limard and other major publish- Poet Odysseus Elytis with Marguerite Duras, Mario Vitti, ing houses in France. The first handwritten dedication to Vasilis Vasilikos in the 1960s and James Merrill); manuscripts translated work to be published Xavier Bordes G2 G E N N A D E I O N N E W S

FROM THE ARCHIVES Vovolini Joins Alexandra Vovolini Donates Father’s Papers Overseers

he American School is n February 2012 the Board of most grateful to Alex- Overseers elected Alexandra andra Vovolini for her IC. Vovolini, a lawyer and a T publisher, to its ranks. Trained generous decision to donate her father’s papers to the Archives of as a lawyer at the University of the Gennadius Library. Athens and University College Journalist and politician London (LL.M.), Ms. Vovolini Constantine A. Vovolinis is currently CEO of Kerkyra (1913–1970) was the creator Publications and the Economia of the Great Greek Biographi- Group. In addition to publishing cal Dictionary. The 2,656 files books on economics, business of the archive contain data that history, and culture, the Econo- Vovolinis collected with the mia Group produces the peri- intention to write biographical odical Οικονομική Επιθεώρηση essays on people active in Greek (Economic Review, first published public life in the late nineteenth in 1934 by Spyros Vovolinis as and the majority of the twen- Βιομηχανική Επιθεώρηση), and the English-language Business tieth century. The Great Greek Constantine Vovolinis (1913–1970) Biographical Dictionary was File. It also organizes confer- published in five volumes from ences, seminars, and a variety of 1958 to 1962. Vovolinis contin- cal Dictionary’s catalogue (Το (http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index. events relating to the economy of ued, however, to collect material Αρχείο Κωνσταντίνου Αντ. php/archives/konstantinos- Greece and beyond. until his death; this last part was Βοβολίνη, Athens 1997). The vovolinis-catalogue) and the Ms. Vovolini is a member of never published. full catalogue of the Archive site of Economia Publishing. the Executive Committee of the In 1997, Margarita Dritsa, (processed and catalogued by Researchers who have already European Business Press, and with the collaboration of Geor- G. Panselina), with more than used the archive assert that it is is active in various commercial, gia M. Panselina, published the 10,000 entries, is currently “an invaluable tool for historical environmental, and cultural first volume of the Biographi- available at the School’s web site research.” e organizations in Greece and internationally. e

News From The Library Joannes Gennadius went to school some twenty years later; and a 1932 book recounting the New Acquisitions Three books were won at life and adventures of Konstan- auction: a seventeenth-century tinos Gerakis (1647–1688), an Several new rare and early Venetian book on the Pelopon- adventurer from Cephalonia, titles were recently added to nesus, L’origine della Morea, dove who achieved the position of the Gennadius Library collec- si descrivono tutte le Provincie, l’ governor of Siam in the seven- tion. Among the additions was Origine d’ essa, le Citta, il Sito, i teenth century. a book, bought in January, on Costumi di quei Popoli, & altre Two recent gifts highlight the the history of the American navy belissime curiosita, con tutti gl’ Ac- significant role of diaspora com- containing an account on the quisti fatti di tempo in tempo dalla munities in publishing. Georges battle of Navarino: A general Serenissima Republica di Venetia Kiourtzian of the Byzantine view of the rise, progress, and bril- dall’ Anno 1684 sino per tutto l’ Library of the Collège de France liant achievements of the American anno 1686, divisa in due parti…, offered the Gennadius Library an navy, down to the present time: Il- printed in Venice by Marc’ Anto- Armenian Bible printed in Istan- Armenian Bible printed in lustrated by biographical sketches, nio Pandolfo Malatesta in 1686; bul in 1895. The bible, a testa- Istanbul, 1895. official reports, and interesting a nineteenth-century children’s ment to the cultural presence views of American commerce, to geography book in Greek (Των of the Armenian community of which is affixed a succinct account παίδων η Γεωγραφία: με επτά Istanbul in the late nineteenth ματα, published in Alexandria by of the origin and progress of the γεωγραφικούς πίνακας και εβδο- century, was bought in Yerevan Stephanos Pargas (1911–1921). Greek revolution, terminating with μήκοντα τρεις εικονογραφίας), in 1996. Historian Thanos Ver- The journal brought together the glorious victory of Navarino, printed by the American Typog- emis donated six volumes of the an active group of intellectuals October 20, 1827. raphy in 1832 in Malta, where Greek philological journal Γράμ- Continued on next page G E N N A D E I O N N E W S G3

Lecture Series Attracts Large Crowds In Cotsen Hall

he Cotsen lecture series shared her research on the ar- On April 3, an expert on continued for its sixth chives of Mt. Athos that offer medieval ceramics from the Tyear thanks to the gener- valuable information on wom- Eastern Mediterranean, Joanita osity of Lloyd and Margit Cot- en’s legal and economic status. Vroom of Leiden University, sen. On November 29, author Working closely from ar- described the wining and din- Vasilis Vassilikos reflected on chival sources and court docu- ing habits at the Ottoman court technology and literature dur- ments, Stathis Kalyvas of the in Constantinople/Istanbul as ing a lively presentation. He Political Science Department seen through the eyes of Dutch demonstrated that the advent of at Yale University explored in ambassador Cornelis Calkoen digital technology has changed a March 13 lecture aspects of (1696–1764). Special emphasis radically the very reality of life the relationship of resistance was placed on the kitchen uten- and creation for the litterateur; and civil war in the 1940s. His sils and dining equipment used it remains to be proven whether lecture emphasized the choices in the imperial kitchens of the this is for better or for worse. and experiences of ordinary Topkapi Palace. e On February 14, Alice-Mary people as demonstrated through Alice-Mary Talbot during her Talbot of Dumbarton Oaks archival material. lecture. Photo: G. Meleti

Library News (continued from previous page) chance to work on them closely. Cross Aegean Exchange Program in Greece in the last two centu- The seminar was put together Fellow, presented his work on ries. Along with his students, he and literary figures including C. with the help of book historian “The Functional Organization of mounted the exhibition Exhibit- P. Cavafy, and demonstrates the and bookbinder Vangelio Tzane- Early Byzantine Constantinople, ing Byzantium in the Basil Room, significance of the Greek dias- tatou. The main objective was according to the Notitia Urbis featuring icons and manuscripts pora on the formation of modern to improve European citizens’ Constantinopolitanae” (January from the collections of the Gen- Greek thought. access to a substantial part of 12, 2012). nadius and archival materials their culture, enriching technical Dr. Edna J. Stern, Archaeolo- from the British and American ddd and historical knowledge of the gist and Medieval Ceramic Spe- Schools’ Archives, including the Bookbinding Seminar Byzantine manuscripts as well as cialist from the Israel Antiquities small icon collection of Carl Ble- their dissemination in Europe. Authority, spoke on “Crusader- gen. The exhibition was on view The Gennadius participated in Period Pottery from Acre in the March 8–16, 2012. the European Program STUDITE, ddd Wider Context of Ceramic Trade which focuses on Byzantine and and Distribution in the Medieval ddd Fellows at the Gennadeion post-Byzantine bookbindings and Mediterranean” (February 2, Lear Exhibition in Corfu promotes intercultural dialogue Two new fellows arrived in Ath- 2012). within Europe. The seminar was ens in the spring. Byzantinist Dr. Haris Kalligas, former Thirty watercolors of Edward organized by the Institute for Alexandra Trifonova, a fellow Director of the Gennadius Li- Lear will travel to the Museum of Byzantine Research of the Na- from the American Research brary, presented her recent archi- Asian Art of Corfu for an exhibi- tional Hellenic Research Foun- Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, has tectural study for the restoration tion entitled Edward Lear and the dation in cooperation with the made good use of the resources of the church of Agia Sophia in Ionian Islands. The exhibition, Centre de Conservation du Livre of the Library for her work on Monemvasia (March 29, 2012). which is made possible thanks to (France), Biblioteca Academiei the wall paintings of fourteenth- the support of the A.G. Leventis, Române (Romania), EURela- century Kastoria. James Adam ddd Bodossaki, and J. F. Costopoulos tions GEIE (Italy), International Rodriguez, a Ph.D. candidate Foundations, will be on view Academic Projects LTD (United from Yale University, is working Whitehead Seminar from May 25 to August 31, e Kingdom), and the Laterna on bilateral icons in Palaiologan Students “Exhibit 2012. Magica Cultural Deposit Com- Byzantium. Byzantium” in Basil Room pany (Hungary). On January 27 a Whitehead Professor Glenn Gennadeion News pages are com- piled by Gennadius Library Director group of distinguished paleogra- ddd Peers, a Byzantinist from the Maria Georgopoulou, Senior Librar- phers and manuscript specialists, University of Texas at Austin and Work-In-Progress ian Irini Solomonidi, Administrative including François Vinourd and a former Frantz Fellow, made Seminars Assistant Maria Smali, and Archivist Monseigneur Paul Canart, were ample use of the Gennadeion Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan, and edited shown some of the most signifi- Dr. Dimitris Drakoulis of the and its facilities for his White- by Sally Fay. cant early Byzantine manuscripts Center for Byzantine Research at head Seminar during the Winter This publication is produced semi­ and bookbindings from the Gen- the Aristotle University of Thes- Term. The seminar examined annually. E-mail correspondence for Gennadeion News to [email protected]. nadeion collections and had the saloniki, who was a Coulson & practice and theory of museums G4 G E N N A D E I O N N E W S

Another Busy Year for the Philoi

ectures, trips, and visits year’s lecture program was the to various significant inspiring lecture that historian Lcultural institutions in Alexis Malliaris gave on the Day Athens filled the calendar of the of Joannes Gennadius (March 7, Association of the Philoi of the 2012). Dr. Malliaris, who reorga- Gennadius Library. Part of the nized the personal archive of the funds the Philoi raised from their founder of the Library thanks to activities (2,500 Euros) covered the generosity of the Philoi last the digitization of the “Akolout- year, explored several aspects of hies” project of the Library. the personal correspondence of Historian Andreas Koukos Joannes Gennadius. delivered a lecture on the role Visits to the National Obser- of Ioannis Kapodistrias in the vatory of Athens, the Presiden- March visit to the Academy of Athens Greek War of Independence and tial Guard Regiment, the Acad- the foundation of the Modern emy of Athens, the Museum of Greek State, on the occasion of Islamic Art, and the Museum dius, on May 17, is celebrated Assembly was followed by the the 180th anniversary of Kapo- of the Bank of Greece comple- with the fifth annual Bookfair, traditional cutting of the pita. distrias’s assassination (October mented this year’s program. The in the gardens of the Gennadius A trip to Ipiros is planned for 9, 1831). The highlight of this Day of Florence/Anthi Genna- Library. In January, the General May. e

Second Annual Margarita Clean Monday Celebrated in Samourkas Lecture Held New York City About 130 supporters and friends of the Gennadius Library came together to celebrate Clean Monday (Καθαρά Δευτέρα) at Kellari Taverna in New York City on February 27. Kellari Taverna was this year’s new venue for this annual ASCSA event. Amidst the wine, bountiful food, fine music, and cama- raderie of the evening, much-needed funds were raised for the operating budget of the Gennadius Library. Executive Chef Gregory Zapantis outdid himself with a multi-course offering of traditional Greek Lenten special- ties, while the poetry of Elytis, set to music by Yannis Mar- kopoulos and Mikis Theodorakis and performed by Gregory Maninakis and the Mikrokosmos Ensemble, set the mood for the evening. During dessert, Suzanne Perrault of PBS-TV’s Library Director Maria Georgopoulou with Ambassador Christos Antiques Roadshow took the stage to start a lively auction that Zacharakis and Gennadius Library Overseer Margarita Samourkas. included art, travel opportunities, and a chef-prepared dinner.

mbassador Christos Ambassador Zacharakis dis- Zacharakis delivered a cussed the different types of reli- Alively lecture on “Sacred gious maps. He presented maps Cartography and Greek Lands” illustrating Jewish history and on February 22. The presenta- geography in early sixteenth- tion was made possible thanks century bibles. He showed re- to the generosity of Gennadius ligious maps of Greek interest Overseer Margarita Samourkas, and maps of the Middle East, who also curated a small exhibi- Cyprus, and the Eastern Medi- tion of maps of her collection in terranean, as well as those of the the lobby of Cotsen Hall. The missionary journeys of Saint Paul Samourkas Map Collection is the Apostle. He also explored the the largest and most complete diachronic evolution of religious Businessman and philanthropist Michael Jaharis with collection of Greek cartography maps, the various versions, and Gennadius Library Overseer Leo Milonas at the event. in the world. the geographical and artistic aspect of sacred maps. e Affiliated Excavations Break New Ground

Both new and ongoing excavation and survey work by ASCSA-affiliated institutions was carried out in 2011 under permits granted by the Greek Ministry of Culture to the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, as summarized here.

THE DAMNONI EXCAVATION Thomas F. Strasser, Providence College

The Damnoni Project is the first excava- tion of a Mesolithic site on Crete. A single season of excavation took place in 2011, directed by Thomas Strasser (Providence College) in synergasia with Eleni Panago- poulou of the Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropol- ogy and Speleology of Southern Greece. Damnoni is located on the southwest side of the island, in the Rethymnon no- mos. It was discovered by the Plakias Me- solithic Survey in 2008; thus, 2011 was the first time the site was excavated. The talus area in front of the cave was excavated in 1 × 1-m squares. There were thirty-five 1 × 1-m. trenches checkerboard- ing the site to get an idea of its extent. All soils were either dry sieved or floated. The most important discovery of the excavation was stratified Mesolithic. Three distinct strata were identified. Excavation at Damnoni. Inset: Mesolithic chert and quartz tools from the excavations. Stratum 1 consists of sandy-silt topsoil that is rich in organic matter, of varying depth of 5–15 cm. Stratum 2, 5 to 20 cm in thickness, is a clay-rich sandy layer that cobbles of the quartz are plentiful along the EXCAVATIONS AT THEBES is the result of wind-blown sediments. This shores of the surrounding beaches. The as- Kevin Daly and Stephanie Larson, stratum contains the majority of Mesolithic semblage is a typical Mesolitic microlithic Bucknell University artifacts. Stratum 3 is a light red, rocky pa- industry. Subsequent analysis of the lithic leosoil and varies in thickness from a few assemblage from Damnoni will evaluate centimeters to a meter. Mesolithic artifacts the nature of the site itself and place it Summer 2011 marked the inception of pre- were found in its top 4 centimeters. Below within its wider context of the Greek Me- liminary investigations in Thebes, in syn- that, the stratum quickly became sterile of solithic. ergasia with the then Proistamenos of the artifacts. In one trench we excavated an- One of the goals of the 2011 season was 9th Ephoreia, Vasillis Aravantinos, teaming other meter, sieving all soil, and found no to obtain carbon-14 dates for absolute dat- with Kevin Daly and Stephanie Larson of artifacts. The top of stratum 3 is the lowest ing. The soil, however, is far too alkaline to Bucknell University to investigate the Is- Mesolithic activity surface. preserve any organic remains. Consequent- menion Hill and its immediate environs. Near the end of the excavation we ly, the project is using Optical Stimulated Dr. Aravantinos has in recent years connected many of the squares to get a Luminescence dating. Dr. Zacharias of the made important discoveries in the area cross-section along cardinal points to bet- Archaeometry Lab of Kalamata University identified as the Herakleion, and this new ter understand the nature of the strata as and the Demokritos Lab in Athens is con- project aims in part to put these discoveries cultural lenses. The site does give us an ducting this. Dr. Karkanas of the Ephoreia in a larger context. The Ismenion Hill itself, initial estimate of the size of Cretan Me- of Palaeoanthropology and Speleology of of course, was the site of a Byzantine cem- solithic sites: about 25 × 25 meters, which Southern Greece is conducting micromor- etery, a multi-phased temple of Apollo Is- broadly matches other open-air Mesolithic phological analysis. These studies will pro- menios, and numerous Mycenaean tombs. sites in the Aegean. vide us with dates and depositional history Major funding comes from Greek sourc- The excavation recovered nearly 6000 to further refine our understanding of the es, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and lithic fragments. The primary raw material contexts of the Mesolithic tool. Further the Gladys Delmas Foundation, as well as is quartz, most of which is of a high-quali- excavation will shed light on the nature contributions from Bucknell University, the ty, milky-white composition. A small per- of this earliest stratified cultural layer on Loeb Library Fund, Randolph-Macon Col- centage of the assemblage is made on local Crete. lege, and small private donations. red, black, and green chert. The acquisi- continued on page 12 tion of this material was local, as rounded ddd

11 Affiliated Excavations continued from previous page determine how probable Dinsmoor’s ob- Also in area F19, excavation in trenches servation is as progress is made toward 2, 4, and 5 focused on defining the west- reconsidering the temple phasing. ern boundary wall of the Heroön, both its In the lot below, three cuts yielded mod- phases and how it relates to a massive stone est domestic architecture of the Byzantine packing that lies underneath. Found were period. Most important is a bothros just at alternating layers of soil and stones that the foot of the hill. Nearly 2 m deep and were built up against the slope of the hill or found amid neighboring walls, this bothros mound to the east and possibly functioned yielded much pottery. While no intact ves- as an embankment, perhaps to redirect the sel was recovered, several complete pots river or control flooding. appear preserved, and certain profiles of Trench 4 (F19 and E19) is located west around ten shapes will be possible. of the Archaic and Hellenistic walls of the Seven coins were also found within, one Heroön, the former of which was found to with Latin characters. These are currently rest directly upon a layer of tightly packed being cleaned by our colleagues at the 23rd large stones that extends sloping down- Byzantine bothros at Thebes. Ephorate. Thus we have the potential for a ward to the western limit of the trench. very well dated closed deposit. Comparison The feature is clearly related to the stone of what is going on here with what was packing east of the Heroön enclosure and is The team looked not only at the hill found in bothroi on the Kadmeia will con- made of several construction phases. Note- itself but also at the vacant lot immediately tribute much toward formulating a clearer worthy finds from the Archaic phase in- to its northwest, which stretches toward the picture of pre-Ottoman Thebes. clude a bronze omphalos phiale, deposited ancient Strophia riverbed, the Herakleion, along with the large stones, and fragments and the Electra Gates beyond. Exploration ddd of an Attic black-figure vessel. began with geophysics, including microto- Excavation in area G19, trench 1, con- pography, magnetometry, and electromag- tinued work from 2010 and revealed two netic surveys. On the hill itself, resultant EXCAVATIONS AT ANCIENT NEMEA main phases of activity, both Archaic. The data suggested a line of anomalies some Kim S. Shelton, University of California, earlier consisted of a number of soil fills meters east of and parallel to the eastern Berkeley that contained a number of whole pots temple façade as restored by Keramopoul- deposited along with the mound layers, as los in the 1910s. Excavation at the northern The second of three field seasons at An- seen in previous excavation seasons. An end revealed a series of Byzantine graves. cient Nemea was conducted from June earlier phase was uncovered in the south- Two graves were dug. Each contained 26 to August 5 by the Nemea Center for ern half of the trench consisting of a deep multiple internments, with as many as Classical Archaeology, University of Cali- east-west channel cut through prehistoric eight individuals per grave. Notable finds fornia, Berkeley, under the direction of Kim levels. Due to the location, and the type of among the grave fill include coins, jew- S. Shelton, under a permit granted by the sandy soil that had filled the cut, its pur- elry, and a very fragmentary inscription. Greek Ministry of Culture to the American continued on next page Initial field analysis of both graves showed School of Classical Studies at Athens. no evidence of skulls or long bones, a fact Systematic excavation in the Sanctuary that probably points to a mortuary prac- of Zeus focused primarily on the Heroön tice of re-internment in a charnel or os- and the surrounding area, in grid squares suary. Indeed, these graves were dug di- E19, F19, and G19, the area granted in our rectly into the bedrock, so grave space in permit. Our primary goals were to investi- this period may have been at a premium. gate the prehistoric or early historic activity Weiner Laboratory Director Sherry Fox was in the area while gaining a better under- on hand for the excavation, and her lab standing of the mound and wall construc- is currently studying the skeletal remains. tion in the Archaic-Classical-Hellenistic By comparing results of these explorations phases, and to better understand the area with present and future geophysical survey, immediately west of the Heroön. the team hopes to generate a map of this Work within trench 1 (F19), excavated late cemetery. to early Archaic levels in 2010, revealed Not to be overlooked in this summary signs of possible tool making, including of the findings from the hill is the work on chert debitage, quartz crystal, possible the temple itself. Dinsmoor had pointed to stone lids, and a pounding stone. The stem the last phase of the temple of Apollo as the and foot of a Late Helladic IIIB krateriskos first major temple exhibiting a fourth-cen- provides their date. Other nearby contexts tury trend toward a reduced opisthodomos. revealed further evidence of prehistoric ac- Excavation architect David Scahill made tivity, in the form of two whole LH III pots: Nemea: Bronze phiale found in F19 a new digital plan of the temple, and it is a rosette deep bowl and kitchenware jug/ trench 4. hoped that next season’s excavation will jar of early IIIC date.

12 Mt. Lykaion Team Hikes Parrhasian Park Trail

Having concluded active excavation in synergates is Anastasia Panagiotopoulou, Takis Bouras; and the Director of the 39th 2010 after five continuous seasons, the Mt. former Director of the Archaeological Insti- Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical An- Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project, a tute for Peloponnesian Studies in Tripolis. tiquities in Tripolis, Dr. Anna Karapanag- synergasia project between the University The Polistikos Syllogos of Ano Karyes and iotou, together with local village and civic of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology its President, Mr. Christos Koumoundou- leaders and 35 residents of villages within and Anthropology, the University of Arizo- ros, have continued to support all of the the park boundary. The Parrhasian Park na, and the ΛΘ’ Ephoreia of Prehistoric and project team’s efforts in Arcadia, includ- planning team, together with the student Classical Antiquities in Tripolis, working ing the first Parrhasian Heritage Park Field participants of the field school, were also under the auspices of the ASCSA, saw one School, which was run during the last two in attendance. of its goals come to fruition last summer weeks of July. Following the trail opening, the Mt. with the opening of the first trail in the On July 30, following conclusion of the Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project, to- Parrhasian Heritage Park. field school, community leaders as well as gether with the 39th Ephoreia, were tapped The trail opening coincided with the local political dignitaries took part in the by the newly formed Parrhasian Heritage end of the Mt. Lykaion team’s first study official opening of the first park trail, the Park Alliance to lead the Park Planning season, conducted under the direction of Trail of Pan, which extends from the vil- Committee. The team looks forward to project co-directors Anna Karapanagiotou lage of Ano Karyes to the village of Neda. bringing the alliance’s plans for the park, (Director of the 39th Ephoreia of Prehis- Hikers assembled at both villages at 10 a.m. envisioned as a network of trails that will toric and Classical Antiquities), Michalis and walked the nearly 6-km trail, meeting link the modern villages with the many an- Petropoulos (former Director of the 39th near the border between Arcadia and Mes- cient cities and sanctuaries found within Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical An- senia, where the inauguration ceremony the area, to fruition. tiquities), Mary E. Voyatzis (University of took place and from which the Sanctuary Further information can be found at Arizona), and David Gilman Romano (Uni- of Pan could be seen. Participants included http://parrhasianheritagepark.org and versity of Pennsylvania Museum of Archae- the Governor of Arcadia, Mr. Evangelos Gi- http://lykaionexcavation.org. e ology and Anthropology). The project’s annakouras; the Mayor of Megalopolis, Dr.

Affiliated Excavations continued from previous page pose was most likely a water channel, to for continuing investigation and indica- help divert or control the flow of water of tions (architectural and ceramic) of use in the Nemea River itself, or its floodplain. the Archaic and pre-Archaic (early historic The channel was in part artificially filled and prehistoric) periods. The recovery of with debris that contained Archaic pottery Mycenaean domestic fineware and kitchen- and other objects. ware vessels in association with a possible Excavation of trenches 1, 2, and 3 in area tool-making context provides evidence E19 revealed the NE-SW extent of E19 wall of Bronze Age occupation under the later ii, its full extant height including its foun- Heroön. The extensive constructions in the dation course, and also its corner and the Archaic period indicate a major investment beginning of a cross wall at the south end. in site formation, much more so than had The eastern face consists of two or three previously been suspected. courses of medium to very large cut lime- stone blocks set in a quasi-polygonal fash- ddd ion, all likely reused. The foundations of the wall rest on a level of large stones, revealed at both the northern and southern ends. ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE The southernmost stones of this feature OF UNINVESTIGATED REMAINS OF AGRI- abut (and perhaps partially fill) a cutting CULTURE (AROURA) into virgin clay soil, similar to the channel Michael F. Lane, University of Maryland Baltimore County described above G19. On the basis of related Vassileios L. Aravantinos, AROURA: Co-Director Michael Lane pottery, the cutting and the stone feature 9th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical uses a soil auger to explore sediment both date to the Archaic period. Since it sits Antiquities, Thebes deposition at the mouth of the Vrystika atop this feature, Wall E19 ii must be either Katavothra sinkhole. contemporary or later in date. Thirteen phases of the road initially en- Archaeological Reconnaissance of Unex- countered during excavation east of Wall plored Remains of Agriculture (AROURA), aim of AROURA is to detect traces of land E19 ii during the 1983 season were exca- co-directed by Michael Lane and Vassileios use, especially extensive cultivation, in the vated in trench 1. Aravantinos, successfully completed a sec- Late Helladic polder (land claimed from We demonstrated this season that ond fieldwork campaign between October water) around the contemporaneous for- within the sanctuary there remain areas 3 and November 13, 2011. The principal continued on page 14

13 Affiliated Excavations continued from previous page tress of Glas in the Kopaic Basin, north- ern Viotia. Senior staff included Timothy Horsley, Geophysicist (Univ. of Michigan, Yale), Allison Cuneo, Assistant Geophysi- cist (Boston Univ.), and Weston Bittner, GIS Specialist (UMBC). Evi Margaritis of the British School at Athens is analyzing and interpreting recovered archaeobotani- cal remains at the time of writing. In 2011, AROURA subjected about 15 hectares in all quarters of the polder to magnetometry, sampling every 0.125 m on traverses 1.0 m wide, in addition to the 36 hectares sampled likewise in 2010. It there- by clarified the extent and details of the reticulate pattern of geophysical anomalies detected in 2010 beside the polder dike, as well as of those that connect this pattern with Glas. It tested the further geological and sedimentological nature and character of these anomalies by augering and describ- ing cores of soil, and by cleaning and profil- ing sections of modern irrigation ditches. Both methods showed that the magneti- Gournia: Cult deposit of over 700 conical cups and bowls uncovered in southwest cally negative element of linear anomalies corner of Minoan palace. correspond to a layer or lens of white to grayish sediment, apparently redeposited subsoil, whereas the parallel magnetically built. Pottery sherds from the Neolithic EXCAVATIONS AT GOURNIA positive linear element corresponds to a through Geometric period have also been L. Vance Watrous, SUNY-Buffalo dark grayish-brown fill, possibly the fill of reported there. It is presumed that AMP an adjoining ditch. The whole resembles a was a settlement that coexisted with Glas layout of cultivated fields. and Mycenaean maintenance of the polder In 2011, our second season of this three- The soil auger was also employed to ex- and that it fell within the former’s admin- year excavation project, we focused on plore sediment deposition at the mouth of istrative purview and participated in the investigating the Protopalatial history of the Vrystika Katavothra, one of the karstic latter’s exploitation. Investigation in 2011 Gournia. To this end we concentrated on sinkholes that drained the polder after revealed the medieval fort to be larger than two areas of the site: in the palace and along excavation in the Mycenaean era. Bound- previously mapped and discovered pottery the north edge of the LM I town. In the first ary features in soil horizons consisting of sherds dated provisionally to the LH IIIB2– area we excavated Room 13 in the south- sub-round gravel and possibly sesquioxides C, putting inhabitation of the site in the west corner of the LM IB palace, and also (iron and aluminum compounds leached period of Glas’ final destruction and the in Room 18 under the palace. Room 13 was out of topsoil) were discovered, both of decades thereafter. part of the LM I extension of the palace. which are likely indicators of occasional In 2012, AROURA intends to continue Prior to that, the exterior southwest corner flooding or desiccation of the Kopaic wet- magnetometry and testing of geophysical of the palace was marked by an upright lands. Soil cores taken in 2010 were divided anomalies, and, at least as importantly, to stone or baetyl. This area, later enclosed into their constituent horizons, and a selec- deploy an array of scientific tests to the by the south and west walls of Room 13, tion of these horizons underwent flotation discoveries, including further flotation and produced a large cult deposit consisting and wet-sieving for the collection of macro- wet-sieving for archaeobotany and mol- of over 700 conical cups and bowls. These scopic plant remains and small fragments luscan analysis, pollen stratigraphy, and offerings, placed outside the palace next of organic and inorganic matter (e.g., shell, optically stimulated luminescence dating to the baetyl up against the south wall of bone fragments, pottery sherds). Radio- of features discovered. Weston Bittner is the palace, were apparently associated with carbon dates are expected from sediment furthermore undertaking a statistical re- the original construction of the palace in sampled from cores of all types. classification of multispectral satellite data MM IIIA. The upper levels of this deposit Lastly, AROURA carried out intensive from the project area, in order to discover contained hundreds of LM IB cups filled collection of finds from the surface of the whether there are spectral correlates with with pumice and mixed with ash, a reaction settlement site of Aghia Marina Pyrghos magnetic anomalies and features, which probably to the Thera eruption. (AMP), which lies on a steep hill about would make it possible to trace their pat- In Room 18 inside the palace, a sound- 1.5 kilometers from Glas. AMP is a mul- terns throughout the landscape and to pre- ing revealed the existence of a large Pro- ticomponent site, with a cyclopean circuit dict their location. topalatial building under the Neopalatial wall into which a medieval watchtower is ddd continued on page 15

14 Schliemann vs. Stamatakis: Chronicle of a Rivalry

The above could have been the subtitle for done by other authors) but to shed light Dora Vasilikou’s latest book, Το χρονικό on Stamatakis’s elusive personality and his της ανασκαφής των Μυκηνών, 1870–1878, contribution to the accurate recording of published by the Athens Archaeological So- the excavations at Mycenae and his efforts ciety in 2011. Using unpublished material at the site after Schliemann abandoned it from the Archives of the Archaeological at the end of 1876. Society, together with information from Stamatakis is to be blamed for one thing: the Heinrich Schliemann Papers at the he did not publish his excavation diaries Archives of the Gennadius Library, Vasi- despite the Society’s offer in 1878. Beset likou chronicles Schliemann’s excavations with health problems, as well as with a in Mycenae in the 1870s. Although other degree of counterproductive perfection- scholars have written extensively about ism, Stamatakis declined the Society’s offer them, the novelty here is that Vasilikou because he was not ready. His premature has added another protagonist in the My- death from malaria in 1885, however, led cenae saga; his name: Panayotis Stamatakis. to the loss of many of his diaries and notes. To be fair, the latter is often mentioned in Whatever has been saved resides in three publications about the early excavations different locations today, one of which is at Mycenae, but always in the shadow of the Archives of the Archaeological Society; Heinrich Schliemann. Vasilikou, however, the other two archives are not named by brings forward evidence showing that with- the author, who must not have had access out Stamatakis, important data and finds to them. Her wish, however, is that the full would have been lost due to Schliemann’s κατάλοιπα of Stamatakis’s archive be pub- careless way of digging. Mighty and flam- Greek or Roman, against my opinion…,” lished one day so that we can gather a better boyant Schliemann found his match in the wrote Stamatakis in the same report. An- picture of the early excavations at Mycenae. diligent and indefatigable Stamatakis. other point of contention between the two Appointed by the Archaeological Soci- men was the removal of the funerary stelai — Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan ety as its representative to supervise the of Grave Circle A. Schliemann wanted to Doreen Canaday Spitzer Archivist excavations that Schliemann began at My- extract them fast before uncovering their cenae in 1876, Stamatakis did not hesitate base. to denounce Schliemann’s unscientific dig- After reading Stamatakis’s reports, Pan- Affiliated Excavations continued from previous page ging methods and sloppy reports. From the ayotis Efstratiadis, the General Ephor of beginning of the excavation Schliemann Antiquities, ordered the suspension of the proceeded to violate every term of the ex- excavations. The temporary suspension, palace. From this building we have so far cavation permit. He hired more workmen however, did not discourage Schliemann, managed to uncover one room, which than he was allowed, dumped soil outside who instead increased the number of was provided with a neat pebble floor and the acropolis, and opened trenches out- trenches (from three to seven) and work- bench. side the limits of the permit. Although the men (from 90 to 130). Stamatakis and To the north of the LM I town we found permit restricted Schliemann to no more Schliemann attacked each other verbally a Protopalatial street lined with buildings than 60 workmen, he had already hired on a daily basis. To Schliemann and his wife on each side. The two rooms on the west 90 people on the first days of the excava- Sophia, Stamatakis was an illiterate deserv- side yielded evidence of MM II pottery pro- tions. With three large trenches and a su- ing their contempt, only “άξιος να οδηγεί duction. A small platform at the east edge of perfluous number of workmen, Stamatakis ζώα και ουχί αρχαιολογικάς εργασίας.” It is the street seems to have been a Neopalatial worked from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the site, suspected that Stamatakis was very close shrine. Votive offerings were placed on and and he had a difficult time supervising to suffering from a nervous breakdown; around it, including pots filled with limpet the excavation carefully. To make matters twice he asked to be recalled. According to shells and with pumice along with many worse, Schliemann paid his workmen by Stamatakis, the source of all their problems cups, cooking pots, animal bones, teeth, the cubic meter of dirt (εργολαβικώς), so and misunderstandings was the absence and chucks of pumice. the more soil they removed the more they of a signed agreement between the Society A second building north of the town were paid. “I am not here just to receive and Schliemann laying out the obligations also produced signs of Protopalatial pottery the finds, but also to supervise the excava- of each party. making, including a pit for the preparation tion,” wrote Stamatakis (August 15, 1876; Organized in eight chapters, the book of clay and clay pivots for a potter’s wheel. my translation); however, this view was reads like a suspense novel aimed at a What may be most significant find is not what Schliemann thought of Stamata- wide audience. The author, however, does the fact that rooms in all three areas exca- kis’s role in the dig. On several occasions, not neglect the specialist, providing rich vated along the north edge of the town have Stamatakis confronted Schliemann for his annotations, as well as an appendix that yielded Linear A inscriptions, evidence, decisions to destroy evidence from later publishes, for the first time, the full text we think, that the industrial settlement at phases as he aimed to reach the prehistoric of Stamatakis’s reports. The aim of this Gournia during the MM II – LM I period e levels as fast as possible. “Mr. Schliemann book is not to deconstruct Schliemann and was predominantly literate. is inclined to destroy every building that is his archaeology (which has already been

15 New Reference Collections at Wiener Laboratory

Comparative Seed item in my collection, making half of each The creation of this catalog and the im- available for research and educational pur- plementation of a systematic organization Collection Takes Root poses for visitors and fellows of the Labora- system will make it easier to expand the tory. This contribution approximately triples collection in the future. In this way, the col- China Shelton the size of the collection. The Wiener Labo- lection may continue to grow and become 2012 Wiener Laboratory Research Associate ratory is an especially appropriate repository increasingly useful for research purposes. Framingham State College for the botanical material in my possession Meanwhile, this comparative collection because much of it derives from material will comprise a considerable resource for As part of the collaborative effort to expand collected by Julie Hansen (Professor Emeri- researchers who wish to pursue materials- the Wiener Laboratory Archaeobotanical ta, Boston University Department of Archae- based studies of human-environment in- Comparative Collection, I spent March and ology) that I was generously permitted to teraction in association with the ASCSA. April of this year in the Wiener Lab build- sub-sample during my tenure as a graduate ing on the recent efforts of Evi Margaritis student at Boston University. Professor Han- ddd to make a significant addition to the ex- sen collected much of this material person- tant collection of seed specimens. [Editor’s ally during years of fieldwork and travel in Tooth Fairy Visits Wiener note: With the encouragement and assistance Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, and the Near East. of Wiener Laboratory Director Sherry Fox, It also includes material that she herself was Laboratory Ms. Margaritis (Leventis Fellow at the Fitch permitted to sub-sample from other collec- Laboratory of the British School at Athens), tions, and is thus extremely comprehensive. Eleanna Prevedorou who has twice held Wiener Laboratory Fel- It contains many rare or unusual grains and 2011–12 Wiener Laboratory J. Lawrence Angel Fellow in Skeletal Studies lowships in Environmental Studies, recently fruits, both wild and domesticated, as well as Arizona State University created a modern seed reference collection more typical examples of crop taxa. It also at the Wiener Laboratory. The collection is includes a wide array of local legumes and based mainly on collection from the wild by weed-species encountered in crop-fields, Modern and archaeological comparative Ms. Margaritis, made possible by a grant vineyards, and olive groves. collections are a signature feature of the from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory, and In addition to the material collected by Wiener Laboratory. Use of reference collec- exchange with other research institutions.] Professor Hansen in Greece and the east- tions is essential to studies of archaeologi- With Ms. Margaritis already having created ern Mediterranean, the collection includes cal materials, such as human and animal a strong base of comparative material, my several examples of taxa that were experi- bones and teeth, archaeobotanical remains, goal was to further develop this collection, mentally carbonized in a reducing oven at and lithic tools. Among the Wiener Labora- placing the Wiener Laboratory well on the Boston University and that provide a good tory collections are a human osteological way to becoming a truly excellent resource basis for comparison with and identification collection, a modern faunal collection, a for archaeobotanical research in Greece. of carbonized materials from archaeologi- shell collection, a lithic collection, and a I augmented the extant collection with cal contexts. Further, I have substantially botanical collection. Under my J. Lawrence my personal seed collection, which consists expanded the weed-species component of Angel Fellowship during the 2011–12 aca- of ca. 350 specimens. I sub-sampled each the collection by writing to various botani- demic year, I have been creating a modern cal gardens in the United States and Eu- human dental comparative collection as rope. Finally, the collection also includes a contribution to the Wiener Laboratory. a significant number of new-world species Teeth are a particularly important ar- that, while not present in the ancient world, chaeological material. They are most might occur in post-contact period levels commonly recovered in archaeological and are useful in any case for educational contexts, and due to their structure they and comparative purposes. are usually preserved better than bone. Part of my effort includes creating a com- Moreover, they convey a wealth of biologi- prehensive searchable catalog that lists each cal information and, thus, are invaluable specimen in the collection by family, genus, to a variety of bioarchaeological studies, and species and includes information on the including identification of minimum num- origin of each item. Accompanied by micro- ber of individuals, dental age, metric and scopic photographs of each specimen, taken morphological observations in biodistance at standard magnifications (10× for seeds studies, wear and microwear analyses, pa- over 2 mm in size, 20× for seeds under 2 leodietary reconstruction, and sampling for mm), the catalog will enable researchers to biochemical analyses. look up a taxon, get a general sense of what Since August 2011, I have been col- the specimen looks like, and then decide lecting teeth that were extracted for vari- whether or not to proceed with removing it ous reasons (impaction, caries, calculus, from the collection for closer perusal. This periodontal disease, orthodontia, etc.). For China Shelton at work on the expansion should be a great convenience and a useful this purpose, I have established a collabora- of the Lab’s comparative seed collection. Photo: S. Fox time-saving mechanism while working in tion with the Dental Clinic of the School of the lab. continued on page 19

16 Wiener Laboratory Seminars Broaden Scholars’ Horizons

Introduced this academic year, the Wie- ner Laboratory’s seminar series is designed to introduce Regular Members to how science-based archaeology can help con- textualize their research and inform their conclusions, whether they be classicists, philologists, archaeologists, or art histo- rians. This year’s five thematic workshops and seminars delved into the scientific analy- sis of pots, food, bones, color, and stones. The 17 Regular Members learned clay pot– building techniques and how analysis of the clay in a single pot can help explain not just cooking strategies, but also environ- mental changes and the scope of industry and trade. The food workshop included seed analysis and how food-related dis- eases can be identified in human remains, while the bone workshop explained how the proliferation of certain types of shells can indicate environmental changes. The Hariclia Brecoulaki (KERA), a former Wiener Laboratory Geoarchaeology Fellow, color workshop opened with a discussion Advanced Fellow of the School, and Malcolm H. Wiener Visiting Research Professor, of color and painting treatises by Aristotle, presents pigments in the Wiener Lab’s Color workshop. Photo: E. DeForest Plato, and Vitruvius, tying the scientific analysis of the stones and powders on the table in with the literary resources so many learned about research projects conducted University of Iowa, who is researching School Members study. The final seminar, by seminar presenter Scott Pike. courtesans in the Second Sophistic. “Food on stones, brought Regular Members into “It’s important to look at the whole pic- and bones, they tell us the daily details that the lab, where they considered the impreci- ture when you’re trying to understand,” nobody thought to write down.” e sion of the descriptive term “porous” and says Regular Member Sharada Price of the

Wiener Lab Anniversary continued from page 3 there sort of grew up intellectually with specialists. They’re now a necessary part study human bones because it wasn’t part the idea that anthropologists were work- of the excavation team and not an after- of the curriculum at her Greek university, ing on an equal footing with them,” she thought,” Pike says. she ended up working with Fox on several says. “Any student who is at the School And the changes are individual, too, ongoing projects and enrolling at Arizona benefits so much from being able to talk to partly due to the camaraderie of the labo- State University at Fox’s encouragement. other students and other scholars, in areas ratory and its strong sense of community. “Look at me now,” Prevedorou says, that are close to them and areas that are Researchers frequently approach one an- surrounded by her 230-odd old fellows, a removed, to give them a new way to think other, leaning across the tables to brain- colleague waiting outside the door to so- about the problem. I think that it was re- storm and discuss theories. “When I was licit her expertise. “I’m going to be getting ally exciting to see that as one of the first down there I was always learning. Not just a Ph.D. from one of the best programs in Fellows of the lab.” on the material I was collecting, but on my the United States. The Wiener Laboratory Scott Pike of Willamette University is own skills,” Pike says. completely changed my life.” chair of the Wiener Laboratory Committee Prevedorou, now a doctoral candidate through May and a former acting director at Arizona State University under supervi- — Elizabeth DeForest of the lab. Having started his work there as sion by ASCSA Trustee Jane Buikstra, says a Geoarchaeology Fellow in 1993, he, too, that camaraderie and openness has made [Ms. DeForest, spending the academic year has seen changes in the interactions at the her the scientist she is today. After walk- in Athens as a trailing spouse (she is married School and in the field. ing into the laboratory in 2004 to find a to Student Associate Member Dallas DeFor- “I think over the years, scientific ar- journal that, in Greece, is available only est), has been volunteering this spring in the chaeology is a more critical component from the Wiener Laboratory, she struck up Wiener Lab, where Director Sherry Fox has of the excavations. Science is used. And a conversation with Sherry Fox, director greatly appreciated her expertise and assis- the excavators find and add to the team of the lab and one of the foremost schol- tance.] specialists — ceramic petrologists or bone ars in biological anthropology. Unable to

17 In Memoriam

Slaughter Professorship from 1978 until his [Collection Latomus EMMETT L. BENNETT, JR. of Ancona and Athens 1918–2011 retirement. His many honors and awards 43] (Brussels/Berchem 1960) and, most included numerous scholarships, two Ful- recently, Cyriac of Ancona: Later Travels, bright Fellowships, and a Guggenheim Fel- edited and translated with Clive Foss [I Renowned Classics scholar and epigraphi- lowship. He was an honorary member and Tatti Renaissance Library 10] (Cambridge, cal specialist Emmett L. Bennett, Jr. passed honorary councilor of the Archaeological Mass. 2003). away on December 15. Regarded as the Society of Athens, one of only a dozen for- Fr. Bodnar came to Georgetown in 1967 founding father of the study of Mycenaean eign scholars to receive this honor. In 1991, and remained as professor of classics un- scripts, Professor Bennett undertook semi- Professor Bennett received the Gold Cross til his retirement. Since his retirement he nal studies of Linear B script that contrib- of the Order of Honor, the highest award has been commemorated at Georgetown uted enormously to their decipherment that the Greek government can present to through the annual Bodnar lecture in the by Michael Ventris in 1952; his work on a foreigner. In 2001 he received the Gold Department of Classics. the Minoan fractional system, published Medal for Distinguished Achievement from in the American Journal of Archaeology in the Archaeological Institute of America, in 1950, is considered an authoritative work 2003 an honorary doctorate from the Uni- to this day. STEPHEN C. GLOVER versity of Athens, and in 2006 the Lifetime 1950–2011 Professor Bennett was a Managing Com- Achievement Award from the Institute for mittee representative from the University Aegean Prehistory. of Wisconsin, Madison from 1964 until An avid player of σταυρόλεξα (stauro- Stephen C. Glover, until recently an in- his retirement in 1988, and remained an lexa), Professor Bennett’s three other pas- structor in Eastern Kentucky University’s emeritus member until his death. He was a sions were classical music, Cincinnati, and Department of Art and Design, died De- Regular Member of the ASCSA (Fulbright Greece. The ASCSA was a home for his cember 14 at his home in Lexington, Ken- Research Fellow) in 1953–54. heart and soul. tucky following a months-long battle with Born in Minnesota in 1918, Professor pancreatic cancer. Bennett attended the University of Cincin- With thanks to Managing Committee Mem- Stephen Glover was born Jan. 17, 1950, nati’s McMicken College of Arts and Scienc- ber Professor Thomas G. Palaima from the in Dayton, Ohio, and received his under- es, earning his bachelor’s degree in Classics University of Texas, Austin, for assisting us graduate degree in history at Miami Uni- in 1939, followed by his master’s degree in in writing this memorial. versity in Oxford, Ohio, in 1972. At Miami, 1941 and (after serving as a cryptanalyst he worked periodic stints as a freelance in Washington, D.C. during WWII) his photographer for the Dayton Daily News. Ph.D. in 1947. While pursuing his Ph.D., He received a master’s degree in art his- he worked with Carl Blegen, whose 1939 EDWARD BODNAR 1920–2011 tory and archaeology from the University discovery of hundreds of Linear B tablets of Missouri in 1978. He then did further in Pylos, Greece, determined the focus of work on the topic of the cult of Apollo in Bennett’s life work. Fr. Edward W. Bodnar SJ passed away on Cyprus and studied at the American School Besides his publication on the Minoan November 29 at the age of 91. He was the of Classical Studies at Athens from 1979 to fractional system, Professor Bennett au- Gennadeion Fellow at the American School 1981 and at CAARI during the same pe- thored more than 60 works, including 10 in 1963–64 and a member of the Managing riod. From 1991 to 1995, he worked as an books. Of particular note are his 1959 ex- Committee from Georgetown University expert in ancient coins for Jonathon Kern amination of the handwriting styles and from 1967 through his retirement in 1991. Company in Lexington. His article “The writing characteristics of the Pylos scribes, Born in 1920 in West Point, New York Cults of Apollo in Cyprus: A Preliminary and the publication of the Pylos texts in (where his father played in the post band Study” (in J.C. Biers and D. Soren, eds., standardized and textual transcriptions. He before moving his family to Washington, Studies in Cypriote Archaeology [Los An- founded the publication Nestor in 1957, D.C. to join the US Marine Band), Edward geles], 145–51) is still cited. an international bibliography of Aegean Bodnar graduated from Gonzaga College He taught a wide range of art history studies, Homeric society, Indo-European High School and entered Georgetown as an classes at EKU, dating back to 1999. His linguistics, and related fields that he ran undergraduate, but left after two years to areas of specialization included Roman and on his own for 20 years. Nestor, published enter the Jesuit novitiate. He was ordained Greek and Cypriote art/archaeology, late now at Bennett’s alma mater, is still the pri- in June 1952. He received his Ph.D. in Clas- Roman and early Byzantine art/archaeology, mary way of locating works of scholarship sics from Princeton in 1958, where A.E. and ancient numismatics. in Aegean prehistory. Bennett also served Raubitschek was his dissertation advisor. on the editorial board of Kadmos. Both his dissertation and his later scholar- With thanks to Managing Committee Mem- Professor Bennett taught at Yale and at ship concentrated on the work of Cyriac ber Professor Thomas G. Palaima from the the University of Texas before joining the of Ancona, a merchant traveler from Italy University of Texas, Austin, for assisting us faculty of the University of Wisconsin’s in the 15th century who studied Greek in- in writing this memorial. Department of Classics as a permanent scriptions in Athens during the last years fellow of the Institute for Research in the before the Turkish conquest of Constanti- Humanities in 1959. He held the Moses nople. His publications include Cyriacus continued on next page

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He and his wife, Elizabeth, were members HELEN F. NORTH 1921–2012 of the 1964 Summer Session at the School, led by Professor Alan Boegehold. With an A.B. and Ph.D. in Classics Helen F. North, the Centennial Professor from Brown University, Dirk Held joined Emerita of Classics, Swarthmore College, the faculty of Connecticut College in 1971, died on January 21 in Swarthmore, Penn- where he served until his death. He was sylvania. Chair of the Classics Department for thirty- Professor North was a long-time mem- two years. Widely known and respected ber of the ASCSA Managing Committee, for the quality of his scholarship and his representing Swarthmore College from dedication to the field, he was awarded the 1973 until her retirement in 1993. She Helen B. Regan Faculty Leadership Award served on the Committee on Committees, in 2007. Committee on Publications, Admissions and Fellowships Committee, and the Ex- ecutive Committee during the 20 years of her active membership, and was a Manag- FREDERICK E. WINTER 1922–2011 ing Committee Member Emerita until her passing. As the Visiting Professor at the School Frederick E. Winter, Professor Emeritus at during the fall term of 1975, she lectured the University of Toronto, passed away on Eleanna Prevedorou shows off some of on the “Political and Individual Values in September 17 of last year. the Wiener Lab’s modern human dental Archaic Greek Poetry.” She returned in Born in Barbados in 1922, he won the collection. Photo: S. Fox 1987–88 as Elizabeth A. Whitehead Pro- Barbados Scholarship in Classics at the fessor, presenting a seminar on “Rhetoric Lodge School, followed by the Gold Medal Dentistry at the National and Kapodistrian and Oratory in Plato’s Dialogues.” in Classics at McGill in 1945. He earned his University at Athens, as well as with a num- A native of Utica, New York, Professor Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 1957, ber of private dentists in Attica, Tripolis North earned a bachelor’s degree in 1942, a writing his doctoral dissertation on Greek (Peloponnese), and Corfu. In addition, I master’s in 1943, and a doctorate in Classics fortifications. For many years he held a have collected numerous deciduous and in 1945, all from Cornell University. She tenured position in the Department of Art permanent teeth from different individu- joined the faculty of Swarthmore in 1948. and Archaeology (later Art History) at the als. To date, approximately 200 specimens During her long academic career, she was University of Toronto; early in his career have been collected, and collection is still also Classicist in Residence at the Ameri- he taught in the Departments of Classics at in progress. This collection will be available can Academy in Rome and held visiting University and Trinity Colleges. Although to scholars at the Wiener Laboratory; speci- teaching appointments at Barnard College, retired for many years, he continued to be men numbers will be assigned to each tooth Columbia University, Vassar College, and actively involved in fostering classical aca- and all the associated information will be Cornell. She is the author of From Myth to demic research, serving on the Board of the inserted into a digital database. Icon: Reflections of Greek Ethical Doctrine in Canadian Institute in Greece. The use of this collection is multifold. Greek Literature and Art (1979), in addition Professor Winter was an ASCSA Mem- First, it will help with the identification of to dozens of articles and reports in classi- ber in 1949–50, a Visiting Professor at the loose and fragmentary teeth, both perma- cal and professional publications. She also School in 1977–78, and a Senior Associate nent and deciduous, from archaeological edited and translated several classical vol- Member in 1983–84. He was a Managing assemblages. Second, it can be used for umes and college texts and co-wrote (with Committee representative from the Uni- educational purposes during seminars and her sister Mary North) two guidebooks to versity of Toronto from 1968 to 1990. His workshops on dental anthropology at the Ireland’s earliest art and archaeology. publications include Greek Fortifications Wiener Laboratory. Third, specimens can (1971) and Studies in Hellenistic Architec- be used for training in casting and sam- ture (2006). pling for chemical analyses. Finally, in the DIRK HELD The Canadian Institute in Greece, which future, this collection can be used to carry 1939–2012 had been organizing a colloquium to hon- out studies on dental morphology, varia- or Professor Winter and his research on tion, and sexual dimorphism. Greek architecture, will instead hold the So, we accept tooth donations. Next Dirk tom Dieck Held, Elizabeth S. Kruid- colloquium as a memorial, to take place time you have a toothache and you have e enier ’48 Professor of Classics at Connecti- in Athens in June. to visit your dentist, don’t be afraid! When cut College, passed away on March 19 in your kids lose their baby teeth, don’t make Connecticut. them into a necklace! Donate the teeth to Professor Held was the representative the Wiener Laboratory in exchange for a from Connecticut College to the ASCSA coffee and physically contribute to archaeo- Managing Committee from 1981 to 2010. logical science! e

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